🌐Remote Access

Open your own SEO Utils from any web browser — phone, tablet or another laptop — through a private address, while your data stays on your computer.

Remote Access lets you open the SEO Utils that runs on your computer from any web browser — your phone, a tablet, or another laptop — through a private address that belongs to you. Your computer keeps doing the work and keeps your data; the browser is just a window onto it.

The Remote Access card in Settings, online, showing the private browser address, the status badge and the list of signed-in browsers

How It Works

• Your computer does the work. SEO Utils has to be running on your computer, and the computer has to be switched on and online. Nothing moves to the cloud — your reports, keywords and settings stay where they are. The one exception is a report you choose to publish to a client (see Share Reports with Clients).

• You get a private address. After a one-time pairing, your computer gets its own address of the form https://inst-….seoutils.app. Open it in any browser to use SEO Utils.

• Your SEO Utils cloud account keeps it safe. Sign-in for the browser, approving a new computer, your Remote Access plan and the list of your paired computers all live in your cloud account at app.seoutils.app. Only people signed in to your cloud account can open your address.

• Each signed-in browser uses a seat. Your plan includes a number of seats — the browsers that can be signed in at once.

Remote Access is managed from the desktop app. If you open the same settings card from a browser, it only tells you to make changes from SEO Utils on your computer.

Before You Start

You'll need:

• SEO Utils installed and activated with your license key on the computer you want to reach (see Manage License Key).

• A cloud account at app.seoutils.app. You'll create one in Step 1 if you don't have it yet, and your email address must be verified.

• An internet connection on that computer. It has to stay on, with SEO Utils open, whenever you want to use Remote Access.

• A Remote Access plan for that computer. You choose it during setup (Step 5) — see Plans and Pricing.

Setting Up Remote Access

Pairing connects your computer to your cloud account. You do it once per computer.

1

Create Your Cloud Account (Skip if you already had one)

Go to app.seoutils.app and click "Register". Enter your name, email address and a password, then click "Create account".

Check your inbox for the verification email and follow its link. The Remote Access pages stay locked until your email address is verified. If you already have a cloud account, just "Log in".

Use the same cloud account for all your computers. A Remote Access plan stays with the account that bought it.

2

Open Remote Access in SEO Utils

In SEO Utils, go to Settings → Services and select Remote Access in the settings sidebar.

The card says Not paired yet and lists the three steps ahead of you.

The Remote Access card before pairing, with the three pairing steps and the Enable Remote Access button

3

Click "Enable Remote Access"

SEO Utils shows Your pairing code — two groups of four characters, such as 7GKP-XT29 — and starts Waiting for approval….

Click "Open approval page". Your browser opens the approval page on app.seoutils.app with your code already filled in. Sign in to your cloud account if asked.

The pairing code shown in SEO Utils, with the Open approval page and Cancel buttons

The code is only valid for a short time — the approval page shows exactly when it expires. If it runs out, click "Try again" in SEO Utils to get a new one. You can also click "Cancel" to stop pairing.

4

Approve the Computer

The page Pair this computer to your account shows the code and the account you're signed in as. Check two things:

• The code matches the one on your computer's screen.

• Signed in as shows the right account. If not, click "Not you? Switch account".

Then click "Approve pairing". Only approve a request you started yourself — click "Deny" if you didn't.

The page shows Approved — setting up your computer…. Keep it open. Back in SEO Utils, the card changes to Approved — setting up your address… and then Paired. Checking your plan…. This takes a few seconds.

The approval page at app.seoutils.app showing the pairing code, the signed-in account and the Approve pairing button

5

Choose a Plan

As soon as the pairing completes, the browser takes you to the Remote Access page of your cloud account, with your new computer selected and the notice Your computer is paired but not online yet.

• Under Plan, pick Remote Access.

• Under Extra seats, add seats if more than two browsers will be signed in at once.

• Check Your order and click "Continue to checkout". The next screen only collects your card, and billing starts when you finish.

When you come back, the page confirms Remote Access is now active for this installation. In SEO Utils, the card fills in with your address by itself — no restart needed.

The Remote Access page at app.seoutils.app with the newly paired computer selected and the plan picker

Already paying for a Remote Access plan that isn't attached to a paired computer? The new computer picks it up automatically, and the page says Your existing Remote Access plan moved to this computer. There is no second checkout.

6

Your Computer Is Online

The Remote Access card now shows your Browser address with a status badge. Connector running with a green dot means your computer is reachable.

• Click "Open in browser" to try it right away.

• Click "Copy link" to send the address to your phone or another computer.

The switch at the top of the card shows On, and the card shows when your computer last checked in with your cloud account (Last hub heartbeat).

The Remote Access card online, showing the private address, the Connector running badge and the Open in browser and Copy link buttons

Opening SEO Utils From a Browser

1

Open Your Private Address

Type or paste the address from the Remote Access card into any browser — on your phone, a tablet or another computer.

2

Sign In With Your Cloud Account

You're sent to app.seoutils.app to log in. If you're already signed in to your cloud account in that browser, you go straight through.

3

Use SEO Utils

SEO Utils opens in the browser with the same workspaces and reports as on your computer. The user menu at the bottom of the sidebar shows the computer's name and Owner · Remote Access, so you always know which computer you're working on.

SEO Utils open in a phone browser through the private address, with the computer's name in the user menu

Using Your Own Domain

On the Agency plan you can reach your computer at your own address — app.youragency.com — instead of the address we generate. Your clients see your brand, and your original address keeps working alongside it.

1

Add the Domain

In your cloud account, open Remote Access and enter the address you want under Your own domain.

2

Create Two DNS Records

Both records are shown straight away, with a Copy button on each. Add them at whoever manages your domain, then click "Check now".

3

Wait for It to Go Live

Your domain is checked and a certificate is issued automatically. This usually takes a few minutes.

The custom domain card showing both DNS records and the progress of each step

Signing in on your own address uses its own seat, so the same browser reaching one computer on both addresses uses two.

What Works in the Browser

Most tools and reports work in the browser exactly as they do on the desktop, and anything you start keeps running on your computer even after you close the browser. A few things stay on the desktop — mainly screens that store credentials or work with files on the computer:

In the browser	Desktop only
Your workspaces, reports and rank tracking	Settings → Services and every credential screen: Google Service Accounts, Google OAuth tokens, SMTP credentials, proxies and site integrations
Running reports and checks, and watching them progress	License Manager and license key entry
Most tools, with the same results as on the desktop	Backup Tools (database and app configuration backups)
Copying results and exports the browser can build itself	Onboarding, Manage SERP Data, and a few export and preview buttons

If a button you use on the desktop is missing in the browser, that action is desktop-only for now. Everything else about the tool works the same way.

Seats: Who Can Be Signed In

• A seat is one signed-in browser. All tabs in the same browser share one seat; your laptop and your phone use two.

• Every plan includes 2 seats, and you can add more at any time (see Adding or Removing Seats).

• The desktop app on your computer never uses a seat.

• Closing the tab does not free the seat — a browser stays signed in for up to 30 days. Sign out to free it, or it is freed automatically after 30 days without activity.

If every seat is taken when you sign in from a new browser, app.seoutils.app shows Every seat is in use with the list of signed-in browsers. Click "Sign out that browser" next to one of them and your sign-in continues.

Signing Out of a Browser

Open the user menu in the sidebar and choose "Sign out this browser". You'll see Signed out of this browser — its seat is free again — with a "Sign in again" link for whenever you want to come back.

When Your Computer Is Offline

If SEO Utils isn't running, the computer is asleep or shut down, or it has no internet, your address shows a page saying [your computer's name] is offline. It reconnects automatically as soon as the computer running SEO Utils is back online, and the page refreshes itself every minute — there is nothing to do on the browser side.

Remote Access needs SEO Utils open on the computer — not just installed. Keep the app running and the computer awake if you plan to work from elsewhere.

Turning Remote Access Off and On

Once paired, the switch at the top of the Remote Access card turns browser access Off and On without unpairing.

Switch	What happens
Off	Browser access stops now. Your address shows the offline page, and the card says Browser access is off. Turn it on to reach this address.
On	Browser access starts the next time the app opens — restart SEO Utils to bring the address back online.

The switch does not change your plan or your list of signed-in browsers.

Managing Signed-in Browsers

The Signed-in browsers list on the Remote Access card shows every browser that can open your address, with a counter such as 2 of 2 for your seats.

Column	What it shows
Browser	The account name and a description of the browser
Status	Active, or Pending while a sign-in is still finishing
Origin	The address the browser signed in through
Last active	The last time that browser was used

• To free a seat, click "Sign out" on its row and confirm in the Sign this browser out? dialog. That browser loses access at its next check-in, usually within a minute. Any job it started keeps running on your computer.

• When every seat is taken, the card shows You've reached 2 of 2 signed-in browsers. Sign a browser out, or click "Buy more seats" to add seats on your cloud account.

• Click the refresh icon to reload the list.

The Signed-in browsers list on the Remote Access card, with the seat counter, the Buy more seats button and a Sign out button on each row

Plans and Pricing

Remote Access is an add-on to your SEO Utils license, billed monthly per computer. You choose it on the Remote Access page of your cloud account; the same prices are shown publicly at app.seoutils.app/pricing.

Plan	Price	What you get
Remote Access	$5.99 / month	Open SEO Utils on this computer from any browser, with 2 browser seats included
Remote Access + Agency	$19.99 / month	Everything in Remote Access, plus employee logins for your team and your own domain

Extra seats cost $1.99 per seat per month on either plan, and you can cancel at any time.

Employee logins (the Agency plan) are not covered in this guide.

Managing Computers and Your Plan

Everything about billing and your paired computers lives on the Remote Access page of your cloud account. Open it from the sidebar at app.seoutils.app, or click "Choose a plan" or "Buy more seats" on the Remote Access card in SEO Utils.

The Remote Access page at app.seoutils.app listing paired computers with their status and plan badges

Your Computers

Each paired computer has a tile showing its name and status:

Badge	Meaning
Paired / Not paired	Whether the computer is currently connected to your account
On Remote Access (plus any extra seats)	The plan this computer is on
Remote Access active	Paid for and online
Remote Access not subscribed	Paired, but no plan yet — its address stays offline
Payment needs attention	The last payment failed. Remote Access keeps working for up to 7 days while the payment is retried
Subscribed — pairing needed	The plan is running, but the computer is no longer paired. Pair it again from SEO Utils
Subscribed — licence problem / Licence disabled	The license on that computer is no longer valid (see Remote Access and Your License)

Changing Your Plan

1

Select the Computer

Click the computer's tile. Its Current plan card shows the plan, the monthly price and the seats included.

2

Switch and Confirm

Click "Switch plan", choose the other plan, and click "Update plan". The change takes effect now, and the difference is prorated onto your next monthly invoice.

Adding or Removing Seats

In the Extra seats section, use Add a seat or Remove a seat, then click "Update plan". Each extra seat is $1.99 per month.

If you remove seats below the number of browsers currently signed in, those browsers stay signed in — but no new browser can sign in until you are under the limit again.

Cancelling or Resuming

• Click "Cancel at period end" and confirm with "Schedule cancellation". Remote Access, extra seats and Agency all stop on the date shown, and everything keeps working until then. The computer's tile shows Ends with that date.

• Changed your mind? Click "Resume this plan" before that date.

Turning Remote Access off, forgetting the pairing, unpairing a computer or deactivating your license does not cancel the plan. Billing continues until you cancel it here.

Unpairing a Computer

Unpairing disconnects a computer from your cloud account. Do it when you sell or retire the computer, or want to pair it with a different cloud account. You can do it from either side:

From your hub account

On the Remote Access page, click "Unpair…" on the computer's tile. The Unpair this computer? dialog explains what happens:

• The computer is disconnected from your account. Anyone with the desktop app on it can pair it again, with this account or another.

• Your Remote Access plan for this computer is not cancelled and keeps billing. To stop paying, cancel it with "Cancel at period end".

• Published reports from this computer stay available.

Click "Unpair this computer" to confirm.

From SEO Utils app

At the bottom of the Remote Access card, click "Forget this pairing" and confirm in the dialog.

Every signed-in browser loses access and your address stops working. Your desktop app and its license are unaffected, and billing for the Remote Access add-on continues until you cancel it separately. You can pair again later.

Unpaired computers move to the Previously paired list on the Remote Access page. A plan left without a computer keeps billing until you cancel it — or until you pair another computer with the same account, which picks the plan up automatically.

To move a computer to a different cloud account, unpair it from the account that has it, then pair it again while signed in to the other account. The plan stays with the original account.

Remote Access and Your License

License state	Effect on Remote Access
Active	Works normally.
Expired (your updates window is over)	Nothing changes. Remote Access keeps working, billing continues, and an expired key can still pair a computer.
Disabled, refunded, or deactivated on this computer	Remote Access on that computer is paused: the computer is unpaired and signed-in browsers lose access. Your cloud account shows a Licence disabled badge and the notice Your Remote Access plan for … is on a licence key that is no longer valid, so Remote Access on it is paused.

A license problem never cancels your plan by itself. Either cancel the plan on the Remote Access page, or activate a valid license on the computer and pair it again — the plan moves to whichever computer you pair next.

Deactivating Your License on This Computer

If you deactivate your license on a paired computer (user menu → License Manager → Deactivate license on this computer), two things matter for Remote Access:

• Remote Access on that computer ends immediately. Every signed-in browser loses access and its address stops working.

• Your Remote Access plan is not cancelled. It stays on your account, and the next computer you pair with this account picks it up with no new checkout.

The deactivation steps and the expired-key warning are in the Manage License Key guide.

Troubleshooting

What you see	What it means	What to do
Pairing didn't complete	The code expired, the request was denied on the approval page, or the pairing was interrupted. The card shows the reason.	Click "Try again" for a fresh code and approve it on app.seoutils.app.
This installation is paired to another hub account	This computer is currently paired with a different cloud account. The message names that account (with the email partly hidden).	Sign in to that account on app.seoutils.app, open Remote Access and click "Unpair…" on the computer — or, if you simply approved from the wrong account, use "Not you? Switch account" on the approval page. Then click "Try again".
Paired. Choose a plan to bring your address online.	The computer is paired but has no Remote Access plan yet.	Click "Choose a plan" and complete checkout. The card recovers on its own.
The hub is refusing Remote Access for this installation	The plan for this computer lapsed, so the computer was unpaired.	Click "Open the hub", choose a plan for the computer again, then click "Enable Remote Access" to pair it again.
This pairing belongs to a different license	The license key activated on this computer changed after it was paired.	Click "Forget this pairing", then "Enable Remote Access" to pair again with the current license.
The hub is refusing this installation	Browser access is paused.	Wait — this clears on its own if the cause was temporary. If it doesn't, forget the pairing and pair again.
Status badge shows Stopped or Retrying…	Your computer can't reach the cloud right now, or browser access is switched off.	Check the computer's internet connection and the On / Off switch. If you just switched it on, restart SEO Utils.
The browser shows … is offline	SEO Utils isn't running, the computer is asleep or off, or it has no internet.	Start SEO Utils on the computer. The page refreshes itself.
Every seat is in use when signing in	Every seat is taken by another signed-in browser.	Click "Sign out that browser" on one of them, or add extra seats.
You're asked to sign in again	You signed out, the owner signed that browser out, the browser wasn't used for 30 days, the pairing was changed or forgotten, or the connection was down for a long time.	Log in again at app.seoutils.app.
Payment needs attention on your cloud account	The last payment failed.	Remote Access keeps working for up to 7 days while the payment is retried. If it isn't completed, the plan ends and the computer is unpaired — subscribe again before pairing.

Still stuck? Post in the SEO Utils Facebook group.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is my data uploaded to the cloud?

No, with one exception that you choose. Your reports, keywords and settings stay on your computer:

1. The browser talks to your computer through the private address.

2. Your cloud account only handles sign-in, approving computers, seats and billing.

3. When the computer is off, the address shows an offline page — nothing is served from the cloud.

The exception is a report you publish to a client with Publish to client. SEO Utils uploads a read-only copy of that report, so your client can open it while your computer is off. Reports you don't publish are never uploaded. See Share Reports with Clients.

Can I use it on my phone?

Yes. Open your private address in the phone's browser and log in with your cloud account. The phone counts as one signed-in browser, so it uses one seat.

What happens when I close SEO Utils or shut down my computer?

• Your address shows the … is offline page until SEO Utils is running again.

• Anyone using the browser at that moment loses the connection. Once the computer is back, they can carry on — after a long outage they may be asked to log in again.

• Your plan, your pairing and your signed-in browsers are unchanged.

Can I pair two computers?

Yes. Pair each computer from its own copy of SEO Utils. Every paired computer gets its own address and needs its own plan — Remote Access is billed per computer.

Does closing the browser tab free the seat?

No. A seat is freed when you choose "Sign out this browser", when the owner signs that browser out from the Remote Access card, or after 30 days without activity.

Does turning Remote Access off cancel my plan?

No. The switch, "Forget this pairing", "Unpair…" and deactivating your license all leave the plan in place. Cancel it with "Cancel at period end" on the Remote Access page of your cloud account.

Related Guides

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